Blended learning is used synonymously for hybrid learning. Some also think that it seems to be a new term for digital learning. One must be careful not to think that any learning done online is blended learning.
"Blended learning is any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace."
Blended learning is "learning that combines two modes of instruction, online and face-to-face, but at potentially different points in time."
Barbour, M.,Brown, R., Waters, L.H., Hoey, R., Hunt, J.L., Kennedy, K. et al. (2011) Online and blended learning: A survey of policy and practice from K-12 schools around the world. Retrieved February 23, 2012 from International Association for K-12 Online Learning Web site: http://www.inacol.org/research/bookstore/detail.php?id=31
Blended learning can be either good or bad, can be cost-saving or expensive, and can produce good results or bad ones.
One challenge for researchers is to determine what model is best for each situation. What type of blended learning is best for what type of student?
Blending learning has a couple of definitions:
Blended learning is used synonymously for hybrid learning. Some also think that it seems to be a new term for digital learning. One must be careful not to think that any learning done online is blended learning.
"Blended learning is any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace."
Horn, M.B. & Staker, H. (2011). The rise of K-12 blended learning.Retrieved February 21, 2012, from Innosight Institute Web site:
http://www.innosightinstitute.org/media-room/publications/education-publications/the-rise-of-k-12-blended-learning/
Blended learning is "learning that combines two modes of instruction, online and face-to-face, but at potentially different points in time."
Barbour, M.,Brown, R., Waters, L.H., Hoey, R., Hunt, J.L., Kennedy, K. et al. (2011) Online and blended learning: A survey of policy and practice from K-12 schools around the world. Retrieved February 23, 2012 from International Association for K-12 Online Learning Web site:
http://www.inacol.org/research/bookstore/detail.php?id=31
Blended learning can be either good or bad, can be cost-saving or expensive, and can produce good results or bad ones.
One challenge for researchers is to determine what model is best for each situation. What type of blended learning is best for what type of student?